Wikimediaus-l December 2015

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grant request - Ohio State University - established group - comments requested...
by Lane Rasberry 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

Hello, I am writing to request comments on a grant request made by a Wikipedia group at a university in the United States. The Wikipedia Connection is a student group at Ohio State University which has been organizing Wikipedia meetups since 2014. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Connection> This group is requesting about $1800 to fund meetup supplies through 2016. See their grant request to the Wikimedia Foundation at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Wikipedia_Connection/Semester_Fu… > The grant organizers are established Wikipedia contributors. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SuperHamster> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AddisWang> AddisWang is also active on Chinese Wikipedia - <https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AddisWang> Other good Wikipedia contributors support these organizers both online and at their university. I appreciate them doing the work to both draft this grant request and actually organize Wikipedia events at their school. Here are some of my personal perspectives on this proposal: - This group, the Wikipedia Connection, has more than a year of experience organizing meetups on campus - The organizers have managed instances of the Wikipedia Education Program, and are one of the few successful examples of a university student group Wikipedia meetup. This is a model to encourage. - AddisWang and SuperHamster are both super-Wikimedians. They know Wikipedia's rule sets and Wikimedia community culture. They are proper Wikipedia contributors who are fit to be public representatives of the Wikimedia community. - The amount of money they are requesting is modest considering the projects they propose to do. - The project as proposed is likely to succeed, and aside from that, is unlikely to go wrong in any way. This is conservative Wikipedia outreach thoughtfully matched and made locally relevant to the tastes of students at this university. If anyone would, please endorse, comment, or criticize this proposal at < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Wikipedia_Connection/Semester_Fu… > I am very happy to see this proposal made and I think encouraging more of these proposals will only lead to better relationships with more universities and grassroots student communities. yours, -- Lane Rasberry user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia 206.801.0814 lane(a)bluerasberry.com

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Wikipedia Day Jan 16 video-link proposal
by Pharos 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

Hi Wiki-Americans, Please see and hopefully join this idea for the 15th anniversary celebrations in January, with a local event of your own: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15/Events/Hello_Wikipedia_-_My_Pr… Thanks, Pharos Wikimedia NYC

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Video at WikiConference USA
by Pine W 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

Hi conference-goers, I have access to 2 video-capable cameras that I can bring, but 1. One of them will need a high capacity memory card, preferably at least 32 GB, and UHS-I or UHS-II. 2. Both of them will need tripods. I have a tripod but packing it into my luggage would be a problem. Is there anyone who could loan the memory card and/or tripods? I believe that there will be some official video at the conference, but I'm not sure if that will extend to every session, so I'm planning to bring these two. I've contacted James but because time is running short I'm posting here also. Thanks! Pine

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